Yann Klinger

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Yann Klinger is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Yann Klinger has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Geophysics, 37 papers in Atmospheric Science and 25 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Yann Klinger's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (153 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (72 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (49 papers). Yann Klinger is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (153 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (72 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (49 papers). Yann Klinger collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and China. Yann Klinger's co-authors include P. Tapponnier, Xiwei Xu, Judith Hubbard, Paul Tapponnier, Guihua Chen, J. van der Woerd, Laurent Bollinger, Guihua Yu, Jean‐Philippe Avouac and John H. Shaw and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Yann Klinger

162 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting gene... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2023 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting generated by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China
    2009 712 citations Xiwei Xu, Guihua Chen et al. profile →
  2. The Destructive Earthquake Doublet of 6 February 2023 in South-Central Türkiye and Northwestern Syria: Initial Observations and Analyses
    2023 91 citations P. Martín, Bo Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yann Klinger France 48 6.3k 1.3k 843 603 494 171 7.5k
Guido Ventura Italy 42 4.3k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 470 0.6× 689 1.1× 212 0.4× 179 5.9k
Valerio Acocella Italy 49 5.9k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 802 1.0× 724 1.2× 137 0.3× 172 6.8k
Jing Liu‐Zeng China 43 5.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.4× 804 1.0× 762 1.3× 197 0.4× 224 7.3k
Steven G. Wesnousky United States 44 6.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 568 0.7× 838 1.4× 558 1.1× 104 7.2k
Zheng‐Kang Shen United States 41 8.3k 1.3× 834 0.7× 532 0.6× 671 1.1× 238 0.5× 110 9.1k
Thomas R. Walter Germany 45 4.3k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 993 1.2× 492 0.8× 173 0.4× 218 6.3k
Jacques Angelier France 46 6.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 506 0.6× 523 0.9× 237 0.5× 141 7.7k
Joan Martı́ Spain 51 6.0k 1.0× 2.5k 2.0× 656 0.8× 1.1k 1.8× 144 0.3× 275 8.0k
Kelin Wang Canada 52 9.8k 1.5× 1.2k 0.9× 242 0.3× 799 1.3× 259 0.5× 197 10.9k
Jyr‐Ching Hu Taiwan 32 2.3k 0.4× 886 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 220 0.4× 375 0.8× 128 4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yann Klinger

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All Works

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Liu, Jihong, Sigurjón Jónsson, Xing Li, Wenqian Yao, & Yann Klinger. (2025). Extensive off-fault damage around the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake surface ruptures. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1286–1286. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiwei, Jean‐Mathieu Nocquet, Guihua Chen, et al.. (2025). Lower crustal thickening drives active uplift in Northern Tibet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 655. 119245–119245. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, Sigurjón Jónsson, Jihong Liu, et al.. (2025). Seismic gap breached by the 2025 Mw 7.7 Mandalay (Myanmar) earthquake. Nature Geoscience. 18(12). 1287–1295.
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Gouramanis, Chris, M. Etchebes, Yann Klinger, et al.. (2024). Episodic rainfall events characterise complex sediment deposition in a fault-bounded sag pond in Northwest China. Geomorphology. 470. 109538–109538.
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Avşar, Ulaş, et al.. (2024). Seismo-turbidites reveal locations of major earthquakes during the past millennium in the Gulf of Aqaba, southern Dead Sea Fault. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 629. 118595–118595. 3 indexed citations
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Reitman, Nadine G., Yann Klinger, Richard W. Briggs, & Ryan D. Gold. (2024). Limited Preservation of Strike‐Slip Surface Displacement in the Geomorphic Record. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(11). 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Chunhao, et al.. (2024). Pre‐Existing Off‐Fault Damage Can Impede Coseismic On‐Fault Slip. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(23). 1 indexed citations
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Klinger, Yann, et al.. (2024). Coseismic Shallow Slip Deficit Accounted for by Diffuse Off‐Fault Deformation. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(24). 7 indexed citations
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Klinger, Yann, Xiwei Xu, Paul Tapponnier, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal Clustering of Large Earthquakes Along the Central‐Eastern Sections of the Altyn Tagh Fault, China. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(12).
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Sigoyer, Julia de, et al.. (2021). Segmentation and Holocene Behavior of the Middle Strand of the North Anatolian Fault (NW Turkey). Tectonics. 40(11). 4 indexed citations
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Klinger, Yann, et al.. (2021). Diffuse Deformation and Surface Faulting Distribution from Submetric Image Correlation along the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 111(5). 2275–2302. 44 indexed citations
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Donzé, Frédéric‐Victor, et al.. (2020). Assessing the brittle crust thickness from strike-slip fault segments on Earth, Mars and Icy Moons. arXiv (Cornell University). 11 indexed citations
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Bruhat, Lucile, et al.. (2019). Influence of fault roughness on surface displacement: from numerical simulations to coseismic slip distributions. Geophysical Journal International. 220(3). 1857–1877. 30 indexed citations
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Okubo, Kurama, Harsha S. Bhat, Esteban Rougier, et al.. (2019). Dynamics, Radiation, and Overall Energy Budget of Earthquake Rupture With Coseismic Off‐Fault Damage. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(11). 11771–11801. 127 indexed citations
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Grandin, Raphaël, et al.. (2018). Significance of near-field geodetic data and diversified geometries of acquisition to model coseismic slip and refine shallow slip deficit: the case of the Balochistan earthquake (2013, Mw 7.7, Pakistan). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Judith, J. H. Shaw, & Yann Klinger. (2008). Structure of the imbricate thrust system that sourced the 2008 M7.9 Wenchuan earthquake. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 2 indexed citations
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Grandin, Raphaël, Anne Socquet, Renaud Binet, et al.. (2007). Surface Deformation During a Magmatic Intrusion: the Example of the Dabba'hu Rift Crisis of 2005-2006 (Afar, Ethiopia). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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